Book of Hours (DS556) (Q2630)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Ricketts 118)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours (DS556) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Ricketts 118) |
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Master of the Harvard Hannibal
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Anne Holte (1733-1799), wife of Sir Charles Holte (1721-1782), with her signature on the flyleaf; armorial bookplate with the arms of her daughter Mary Elizabeth (1757-1819) impaling those of Mary’s husband, Abraham Bracebridge (c. 1747-1832), of Atherstone Hall, Warwickshire.
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note by their son, Charles Holte Bracebridge (1799-1872), formerly enclosed, "This Missal dated 1640 has been preserved in my family up to this time", Atherstone, 20 May 1871 (mistaking a number ‘1640’ on the front pastedown for a date); Leighton, cat. II, 3 (May 1921), no. 1726; C. L. Ricketts; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.
Q1776 (Deleted Item)
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s. XV(1/4); 1400-1425
15. century
1400Gregorian
1425Gregorian
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Binding: Bound in late eighteenth-century English red morocco, marbled endleaves, gilt edges, re-backed; in a fawn cloth case.
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Figurative details, ff.138: 24 Calendar miniatures of the occupations of the months and the signs of the zodiac; four 6-line historiated initials, showing Saints John (fol. 14r), Luke (fol. 15r), Matthew (fol. 16r) and Mark (fol.17r); seven three-quarter-page miniatures with full borders, showing the Annunciation (fol. 19r, Matins, miniature for Lauds missing), the Nativity (fol. 36r, Prime...
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Other decoration, ff.138: Rubrics in red, Calendar in alternating lines of red and blue with major entries in gold; illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout; 2-line initials all with half borders of gold ivy leaves around the outer side of the pages and (if on recto pages) with marginal sprays in the inner margins too.
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Script, ff.138: Liturgical textualis.
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Layout, ff.138: Collation: i#^12#, ii#^6#, iii#^8#, iv#^7# [of 8, lacking i, before fol. 27], v#^7# [of 8, lacking vi, after fol. 38], vi#^6# [of 8, lacking ii and vi, after fols. 41 and 44], vii–ix#^8#, x#^7# [of 8, lacking vi, after fol. 75], xi–xvii#^8#, xviii#^5# [of 8, lacking vi–viii at end], with horizontal catchwords; ruled in red ink, 18 lines, written-space 122 mm. by 77 mm.; written...
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Bibliography: De Ricci 1935, p. 635; Plummer 1982, pp. 5-6, no. 7; Randall 1992, pp. 9 and 16.
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ff.138: The artist may have trained with the Boucicaut Master, whose general compositions he uses and whose dextrous virtuosity he imitates. However, the Master of the Harvard Hannibal is distinguished by jewel-like colours and massed ornament. The whole effect is highly decorative. Human figures seem to dance in front of landscape backdrops, which soar up into atmospheric skies studded with...
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ff.138: Latin.
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ff. 1r-104v: The Bracebridge Hours is certainly a Parisian production. Its Calendar is written in French in the Parisian manner of alternating lines of red and blue, and includes the metropolitan feasts of Saints Louis and Denis, both written in gold (24 August and 9 October). The text comprises a Calendar (fol. 1r); the Gospel Sequences (fol. 14r); the Hours of the Virgin a lusage de...
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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